英语人教版八年级下册Unit 7 Section A 1.doc

Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world?Section A 1 (1a 2d)教学目标：1语言目标：掌握本单元重点词汇及能用比较级和最高级谈论各之最。2 技能目标：能听懂和谈论有关地理和自然的话题。3 情感目标：培养学生热爱大自然，保护环境的意识。教学重点：短语: in size, in the world, 2 meters tall/long/wide, the biggest population, one of the biggest, the most popular question, talk about, the ancient emperors, the main reason, as far as I know, no man-made objects, 句子: Whats the highest mountain in the world?Qomolangma.How long is Qomolangma?Its 8,844.43 meters high. Its higher than any other mountain.教学难点：形容词和副词的比较级和最高级变化规则和用法。 物体之间的对比。Step 1 Presentation1. New words: 2. Show some pictures and information of the highest mountain, the longest river, the biggest river, the biggest lake and the biggest desert in the world.Step 2 Warming up Watch the photos and talk about them “How big/high/long/big is ? and help the students to answer: Its meters/kilometers/cm big/high/long/big.Step 3 1a Match the facts you know.Step 4 Explanation8,844.43 meters high. 8,844.43米高 meters high (long, wide)米高（长,宽)。英语表示“有多长（宽，高）”时，一般将数词和数量单位放在表示长宽高的形容词前作状语。e.g. The wall is 1.7 metres wide. Step 5 Practice in pairs using the information in 1a.1. A: Which is the highest mountain in the world? B: Its Qomolangma.2. A: How high is Qomolangma?B: Its 8,844.43 meters high.Step 6 Listening 1. 1b Listen and complete the sentences.2. 2a Listen and number the facts (1- 4) in the order you hear them.2b Listen again and fill in the blanks in 2a with the numbers in the box.Step 7 2d 1. Read the conversation and answer the questions:1) Which is the biggest man-made object in the world？2) Which is the most famous part of the Ming Great Wall?2. Role-play the conversation. Step 8 Language points and summary1. China has the biggest population in the world. 中国是世界人口最多的国家。population意为“人口”时，是一个集合名词。它在句中作主语时，谓语动词通常用单数形式。其常用句型为“The population of +某地+ is + 数词”或“某地+ has a population of + 数词”，表示“某地有多少人口”。如：The population of my city is three million. 当表示人口“多”或“少”时，常用形容词large，big或small修饰population。如：The town has a large / big / small population. 当对人口数量进行提问时，要用疑问词what 或 how large。如： What / How large is the population of your country?2. Feel free to ask me anything on todays Great Wall tour. 在今天的长城游中，大家尽管问我任何问题，不要拘束。3. As far as I know, there are no other man-made objects as big as this. 据我所知，再没有像它这样大的人造物体了。1) as far as I know是一个固定的表达方式，还可以说so far as I know, 意思是“据我所知”。e.g. As far as I know, Jacks got twin sisters.就我所知，杰克有一对孪生姐妹。 2) 句中man-made是一个合成形容词，意为“人造的”。像这样与-made复合而成的形容词不止一个。用以描述产品的生产或制造手段，特点等，常见的有：Step